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Date:         Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:51:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Jack <john.cook58@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jack <john.cook58@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Smell of burning plastic
In-Reply-To:  <A8B0FBBE-FA3B-11D8-B9CA-000A95D403B0@mac.com>
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I'll 2nd that. Big point (for Jim) is - get a nose (or someone else's) in there and find it!!! This is a classic bad electrical contact symptom. A fire could be next. //Jack

Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:18:34 -0400 Send reply to: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> Subject: Re: Smell of burning plastic To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> May not be the radiator. Or even radiator related. > > Check your fuse block (especially the connectors on the back side). If > you added fog lights or something similar to the system, you may be > using oxidized connectors that are now overheating. > > You alternatively may have incipient need of a headlight switch (one of > its failure modes is to melt). > Put your nose to it and sniff. It will be pretty obvious if that is the > case. > > > > On Aug 29, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Jim Heissenbuttel wrote: > > > Anyone else ever have a burning plastic smell in the cabin when the > > radiator fan is on? It doesn't seem to be an issue when the radiator > > fan is not running, so I checked the connections there and I cannot see any > > problems. Anyone ever experience this? > > > > jh > > > > 83.5 WBX Westy


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